RIdIM

* The development of the "provider field" that allows the visibility of partner projects (in this respect see below RIdIM's open access initiative entitled Linking and Uniting Knowledge of Music, Dance and Dramatic Arts in Visual Culture)

Currently the RIdIM Database contains 2,647 published records and more than 3,000 records in editing status.

In this respect I would like to expresses my personal gratitude and that of the Council of Association RIdIM to Dorothea Baumann, the Chair of the Database Working Group, and the members of this group, i.e., Alan Green, Sean Ferguson, and Laurent Pugin, for their commitment and remarkable achievements.

From 4 to 7 June 2013 the 14th RIdIM International Conference Visual Intersections: Negotiating East and West was held at the Pera Museum in Istanbul, dedicated to the memory of Walter Salmen (1926-2013), life-time honorary member of RIdIM and a leading scholar of musicology and music iconography, who passed away on 2 February 2013.

On 6 June 2013 the Council and the General Assembly of Association RIdIM met and processed all necessary business.

At the last meeting of the General Assembly of IAML in Montreal, Paul Banks was elected IAML liaison officer to the Council of Association RIdIM. I am pleased to report that CIMCIM has elected Gabriele Rossi-Rognoni as their liaison.